Lions like that kicker Havard Rugland is a lefty

12:02 PM,
Apr. 19, 2013

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New Detroit Lions kicker Havard Rugland has a tremendously strong leg and an uncanny ability to kick footballs into moving cars and boats and backward into garbage cans.
But one of the biggest reasons the Detroit Lions found him so appealing and signed him as a free agent last week was because he's left-footed.
"Havard definitely has talent," special teams coordinator John Bonamego said. "We'll see how much more we can develop that. He's a guy who we have to be realistic -- he's never played organized football.
"Him being a lefty was a factor, definitely, with signing David (Akers), because ...